Macau, China, August 27, 2011 – Brazil and USA will vie for the 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix trophy at the Macau East Asian Games Dome on Sunday.

Even with Brazil’s handicap of missing some of its key players, they have dominated all the statistical departments in the semifinals as a team. For Brazil, it is not the number of competing players that are important but the quality of players on the court and how they work with each other to get each point. This is an important factor that their worthy opponent should look into to be able to compete at the highest level as them.

Sheilla Castro has proven many times that her all-around game will boost her team to execute its good offense. Its middle hitters Fabiana Claudino and Thaisa Menezes are expected to help out and set-up a tight block on USA power hitter Destinee Hooker.

USA’s defence had been stellar the whole final round and will be anticipated to be a notch higher against Brazil. Nicole Davis will lead this defensive campaign for the USA to stop the attacks of the Brazilian spikers such as Sheilla, Natalia Pereira and Fernanda Rodrigues. Jordan Larson must supply the necessary scoring on the left flank as Hooker takes care of the opposite side.

Serbia and Russia will battle for third place which is expected to have a trade of attacks from the biggest hitters and scorers in this competition. Jovana Brakocevic is still on a roll as she continues to lead Serbia in the scoring department. Brakocevic together with Sanja Malagurski will fuel the Serbian offense. The Russian tandem of Ekaterina Gamova and Natalya Goncharova will put pressure to the Serbian blockers. Both players have been unstoppable all throughout the competition.